HEATHER PASSMORE
Vancouver, Canada

EDUCATION
2004 M.F.A., 2000 B.F.A. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 (upcoming) AKA Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada
2011 Form Letters, Populus Tremula, Akureyri, Iceland
2011 Form Letters, The New Gallery, Calgary, Canada
2009 Heather Passmore, Babel Art Space, Trondheim, Norway
2009 Disappearing Drawings, Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, Canada
2008 Mis-Takes, Struts Gallery, Sackville, Canada
2007 Linoleums, Campbell River Art Gallery, Campbell River, Canada
2006 Bikini Project, Gallery 101, Ottawa, Canada
2006 Bikini Project, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, Canada
2003 In the Kitschy, Maple Ridge Art Gallery, Maple Ridge, Canada
2001 In the Kitschy, The Odd Gallery, Dawson City, Canada

TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2010 Stories From a Flickering Plain (with Janet Wang) Comox Valley Art Gallery, Canada
2009 Bearing the Broken Utopian Promise (with Roja Aslani) A Space Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2007 Remakes and Readymades (with Sarah Massecar) The Khyber ICA, Halifax, Canada
2005 Banlieusard (with Jamie Hilder) Artspeak, Vancouver, Canada
2000 Second Thoughts/Gathering Stories, Sunshine Coast Arts Centre, Sechelt, Canada

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 (upcoming) Slide Room Gallery, Vancouver Island School of Art, Victoria, Canada
2012 (upcoming) Lapieza Junk Art, Madrid, Spain
2012 Never-Dying Worm, AHVA Library Gallery, Canada
2011 Presence 2, Catalog Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2011 BY ITS COVER, Artcite, Windsor, Canada
2011 Monomania TRENCH Contemporary Art, Vancouver, Canada
2011 Contemporary Histories: Intersecting Pasts and Futures, AHVA Library Gallery, Canada
2010 Carry On..., 24 hour exhibition curated by Matthew Higgs, The Banff Centre, Banff, Canada
2010 Socioplastics: Mad is Mad, Lapieza Junk Art, Madrid, Spain
2010 FAX, Burnaby Art Gallery, touring exhibition by iCI, The Drawing Center, New York
2009 Take Your Time, Simon Fraser University Gallery, Burnaby, Canada
2009 The Cast of Shadows, Access Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2009 Flux, Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George, Canada
2008 Gifted, Deluge Contemporary Art, Victoria, Canada
2008 Slideluck CoCAshow, CoCA Centre on Contemporary Art, Seattle, USA
2008 Donkey Skin, Modern Fuel, Kingston, Canada
2005 Classified Materials: Accumulations, Archives, Artists, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
2004 Tickle Your Catastrophe, Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2004 Pipeline, Counterpublics, Vancouver, Canada
2004 Lucky 13, Belkin Satellite, Vancouver, Canada
2002 Mail Art, The Alternator, Kelowna, Canada
2002 Packaging is Everything, The Tart Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2000 Frank, Design Arts Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

GRANTS / SCHOLARSHIPS / FELLOWSHIPS
2009 Assistance to Visual Artists: Project Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2009 Project Assistance for Visual Arts Grant, British Columbia Arts Council, Canada
2008 Professional Development: Travel Assistance Visual Arts Grant, BC Arts Council
2007 Project Assistance for Visual Arts Grant, British Columbia Arts Council, Canada
2004 University Graduate Fellowship, UBC
2003 University Graduate Fellowship, UBC
2000 Florence Muriel Smeltzer Scholarship for Demonstrated Ability in Painting, UBC
1999 Undergraduate Scholar Program Scholarship, UBC
1999 Summer Scholarship, UBC
1997 Sunshine Coast Bursary for Arts, UBC
1995 British Columbia Provincial Scholarship Award, Government of BC, Canada

AWARDS / PRIZES
2006 Visual Arts Development Award, Contemporary Art Gallery of Vancouver, Canada
2003 Andrew MacIntosh Memorial Book Prize, MFA prize for best essay, UBC
2002 Ripple Effect Press Anthology Cover Art Competition, First prize winner, Vancouver, Canada
2000 Helen Pitt Award for Fine Arts, UBC
1995 Award for Excellence in Visual Art and English Literature, Elphinstone Secondary, Gibsons

RESIDENCIES
2011 Gilfélagið Gestavinnustofa Gilfélagsins, Akureyri, Iceland
2009 Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder (LKV), Trondheim, Norway
2007 Orivesi College of Arts (Oriveden Opisto), Orivesi, Finland
2000 Resident Artist/Mentor. Elphinstone Secondary School, Gibsons, Canada

ARTIST TALKS
2011 The New Gallery, Calgary, Canada
2010 FCCS Visiting Artist Speaker Series, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies UBC Okanagan, Kelowna
2008 Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada
2007 Emily Carr Institute/North Island College, Art Talk Fall Lecture Series, Courtenay
2007 Orivesi College of Arts, (Oriveden Opisto), Orivesi, Finland
2006 Gallery 101, Ottawa, Canada
2003 University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

COMMUNITY / PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
2011 Knitting Mural, VeggVerk, Akureyri, Iceland
2010 (Re)Presenting Protest, Amnesty International, Vancity Theatre, Vancouver, Canada
2008 Burnaby Art Gallery Art in the Libraries Program, Burnaby Public Library, McGill Branch, Canada
2005 SUBcultures Mural Project, UBC Alma Mater Society, Canada
2003 Carnegie Centre Centennial Celebration Piece, Vancouver Public Library, Canada
2000/3 Roberts Creek Community Mandala Project, Roberts Creek, Canada

COMMISSIONS / COLLECTIONS
2011 Private Collection. Bernard Watt, Architect, Toronto, Canada
2011 Private Collection. Joseph Zugazaga, Architect, Vancouver, Canada
2011 Private Collection. Don Wright, Amnesty International, Vancouver, Canada
2009 Artist File and Bibliography at ARTEXTE, Montreal, Quebec Canada
2008 Public Collection. SFU Gallery. Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada
2007 Public Collection. Orivesi College of Arts (Oriveden Opisto), Orivesi, Finland
2004/5/6 Private Collections. K. Stoddart, Ph.D. Emeritus, Anthropology and Sociology UBC
2000 Painting Commission. Elphinstone Secondary School, Gibsons, Canada
1998 Painting Commission. Arts Undergraduate Society Buchanen Mural Competition, UBC
1995 Painting Commission. Elphinstone Secondary School, Gibsons, Canada

AUCTIONS
2009/11 The Sweetest Little Thing. Struts Gallery Annual Auction Fundraiser, Sackville, Canada
2008/11 The Cheaper Show No. 8 / No. 10, Vancouver, Canada
2007 B.C. Binning and Dorothy Somerset Gala Soiree & Silent Auction, UBC, Vancouver
2006 Western Front 33rd Anniversary Art Auction. The Western Front, Vancouver, Canada
2006 Mirror Mirror; Self Portraits Auction and Exhibition, Richmond Art Gallery, Canada
2001 Emerging Artists' Auction, Hyperspace Studio, Vancouver, Canada

TEACHING ACTIVITY
2009 Hired to sessional pool of Kwantlen University College Fine Arts Department, Surrey, Canada
2007 Visual Arts Instructor. Orivesi Art College (Oriveden Opisto), Orivesi, Finland
2006 Hired as a Sessional Instructor for Introductory Studio Art VISA 183, UBC
2005 Guest Lecture for Advanced Painting and Drawing VISA 481, UBC
2001-4 Private Drawing Instructor. Hired by Dorinda Neave, Art History Faculty, Capilano University
1993 Teaching Certificate and Practicum, Laara WilliamSen School of Art, Gibsons, Canada

PUBLICATIONS / WRITING
The Graphic Tales of Mr. Todd & Associates; Concerning the Ongoing Pursuit of Meaning & Understanding. Artwork for blog anthology curated by Jeremy Todd. June 4 2008, Feb 26 2009, June 2 2010, Aug 30 2011.
The Cheaper Show, Catalogue. 2011.
Todd, Jeremy. Form Letters, Catalogue. The New Gallery, 2011.
The Western Front: Front Magazine, Artwork. Volume XXII, Number 1, March-April 2011, 6.
Vancouver Review, Cover, Centrefold Artwork and Article. Fall 2010, 20-21, 31.
Jeffries, Bill, Vanessa Sorenson. Take Your Time, Catalogue. SFU Gallery, 2010.
Siddiqui, Khadija. Bearing the Broken Utopian Promise, Catalogue. A Space Gallery, 2009.
Birch, Jesse et al. The Cast of Shadows Parallel Guidebook #3, Catalogue. Access Gallery, 2009.
Article; Art and the Imaginative Promise, Artwork. Issue #2, 2007.
Linoleums Exhibition Catalogue, Campbell River Art Gallery. 2007.
Lacayo, Jessie. The Bikini Project, Catalogue. Gallery 101, 2006.
Heather Passmore -Bikini Project, Catalogue. Richmond Art Gallery, 2006.
Selcer, Anne. Banlieusard, Catalogue. Library and Archives Canada Publication, Artspeak, 2005.
RIPE Magazine, Artwork. Summer 2005, 28-29.
Caryl, Jessie. Tickle Your Catastrophe, Catalogue. Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery, 2004.
Passmore, Heather. Post Script 11 Review of "Emergency Measures", Artspeak Gallery, 2003.
Passmore, Heather. I Fall to Pieces Catalogue Essay for "Lets Get Lost", Helen Pitt Gallery, 2003.
All Wound Up: Alternative Writing from BC, Artwork. Ripple Effect Press, 2002.
Art and Artists of the 20th Century, Catalogue. 2001.
Small: the Art of the Miniature, Catalogue. Vancouver East Cultural Centre, 2000.
Szewczyk, Monica, Misa Nikolic, Jeremy Todd. Frank, Catalogue. UBC Design Arts Gallery, 2000.

PRESS, REVIEWS AND TELEVISION INTERVIEWS
Griffin, Kevin. "City's Avant-Garde Past on Show for Trench..." Vancouver Sun. Jun 25 2011, E11.
Griffin, Kevin. "The Cheaper Show: Top-Drawer..." Vancouver Sun. Jun 23 2011, D16-17.
Smith, Janet. "Fast, Cheap and in Control..." The Georgia Straight. Jun 23 2011, 39.
"Heather Passmore: Rejection, Revised" Canadian Art Online. Spring 2011.
Fung, Amy. "Heather Passmore, Form Letters" Galleries West. Vol 10, No. 1, Spring 2011, 74.
Johnson, Mia. "Heather Passmore: Form Letters" Preview. April/May 2011, 46.
"SFU Gallery Features Mattress Masterpieces" The Georgia Straight. Oct 29-Nov 5, 2009, 58.
"The Art of Chilling Out" Burnaby Now. Nov 4, 2009.
"Preview -Toronto. Rosla Aslani/Heather Passmore" Canadian Art. Vol. 26, No. 2. Summer 2009, 29.
Dault, Gary Michael. "Roja Aslani and Heather Passmore..." The Globe and Mail. June 27, 2009.
Skoglund, Inni. “Tre år med Babel-Kunst” Udresfeavifen. April 14, 2009.
Walkiewicz, Katherine. "Art Show 'Gifted' Doubles as..." The Martlet. Dec 4, 2008.
"Mis-Takes Explores the Politics of Taste, Art" Burnaby Now. Nov. 1, 2008, A17.
DeGrass, Jan. "Passmore Captures Pepper Spraying..." The Coast Reporter. July 19, 2008.
Nagel, Tekla. "(Un)covering Gender Roles" The Journal, Queen's University. Jan. 25, 2008.
"Pick of the Week" New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal. Jan. 19, 2008.
"Vancouver Artist to Install Exhibition Entitled Mis-takes..." Sackville Tribune Post. Jan. 16, 2008.
"Mis-takes on Display" Amherst Daily News. Jan 14, 2008.
"Art Exhibition..." Campbell River Courier-Islander. Sept. 26, 2007.
"The Bikini Project" Live Television Interview. Rogers Television 22 Ottawa. May 18, 2006.
Laszo, Krisztina. "Classified Materials..." AABC Newsletter. Vol. 16, No. 1. Winter 2006.
Hoekstra, Matthew. "The Bikini Project" The Richmond Review. Mar. 16, 2006, 1, 16.
Bui, Mai. "Living Histories: Public Art Paints the SUB" The Ubyssey. Jan. 10, 2006, 4-5.
Peck, Aaron. "Archive This..." Doppelganger Magazine. Issue 3, Jan 2006.
Kamping-Carde, Leigh. "De-Classified: Everything in its Right..." The Ubyssey. Oct. 25, 2005.
Kwan, Vanessa. "Classified Materials" The Georgia Straight. Oct. 20, 2005.
Degrass, Jan. "Elphi student at VAG" Coast Reporter. Oct. 14, 2005, B10.
Pang, Yumimi. "Passmore's Project Underway" The Ubyssey. Feb. 1, 2005, 5.
"UBC MFA Graduate Exhibition" Canadian Art. Fall 2004.
"Tickled Think" The Georgia Straight. Sept. 16-23, 2004, 74.
"Toyland" Vancouver Sun. Jan. 22-29, 2004.
Young, Samantha. "Lucky 13" Three Sixty Seven. 2004.
Barker, Terry. "Creek Mandala Stands Test of Time" Coast Reporter. Dec. 13, 2003, B17.
Davidson, Dan. "Yukoner Challenges the Ideas of Art" Whitehorse Star. Nov. 21, 2001, 18.
Berger, Palma. "In the Kitschy" Klondike Sun. Nov. 23, 2001.
Stech, Diana. "UBC's Up-and-Coming" The Ubyssey. Vol. 82, Issue 47. April 4, 2001, 19-22.
"Second Thoughts" Television Interview. Coast Cable T.V. Sept. 2000.
"Local Artists Offer Up Interesting Work..." The Coast Independent. Sept. 10, 2000, 17.
Mossop, Michelle. “Grain” The Ubyssey. Vol 81, Issue 34. Feb. 8, 2000, 9.
Yung, Regina. "Looking For..." The Ubyssey Magazine. Vol. 81, Issue 6. Oct. 1, 1999, 12.